Takaaki Enoki

A beautiful but sad story about an Oiran who never smiles. Produced and staged by PARCO Theater.

The last year of Ryotaro Shiba's life, as he tried to achieve peace and independence without joining the armies of East and West.

A connection is found between a string of arsons and a 12 year old murder.

When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in cooking and eventually became a cook. Meanwhile, Noe has become an oiran (high-ranking courtesan).

Ninomiya Kinjirou is a biopic follows the life of the eponymous character, an 18th century peasant boy who worked to rescue over 600 poor villages and hamlets from financial ruin by developing new economic policies.

Takako Kojima works as an announcer in Tokyo, Japan. She is tired of living in Tokyo and she doesn't see a bright future for herself. One day, she is assigned to cover a festival in Minamiosumi, Kagoshima Prefecture. Takako spent her childhood in the town of Minamiosumi and this will be her first time going there in many years. Takako reluctantly covers the festival, but she is changed by the people there.

The story is set 155 years ago, during the battles that ended the Shogun era and through the eyes of young Itosato, we gather an interesting glimpse into a world surrounded by the most arcane women, who for the times they were destined to live, were very similar to the women of today; displaying leadership and strength within the bounds of a society at large. Itosato is a "TENJIN,' who is a courtesan in training just beneath the rank of TAYOU, which carries an Aristocratic title of Supreme Entertainer in the old capital city of Kyoto. There are two more women who play a key role in this story and all three women are in love with men who are commanders within the infamous special police task force, Shinsengumi. A task force that was organized to protect Shogun government under the command of the Kyoto Military Commissioner.

Хоши Изуми ещё только учится в школе, однако в прошлом возглавляла небольшую группировку якудза. После того, как она отомстила убийце своего дяди, банда была распущена. Теперь Изуми живёт обычной жизнью - учится в школе, подрабатывает в кафе менеджером. Однако, спокойная жизнь длится недолго, и опасность снова настигает Изуми.

The true story of Isha Sensei, the only doctor in her hometown Oisawa Village (now Oisawa, Nishikawa Town) in Yamagata Prefecture, a remote area at the time, where there was no doctor.

Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of Sekigahara. Jirosaburo Serada, who travels all over the country, becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu's shadow warrior and runs country….

Chuushingura from the perspective of Horibe Yasubee.

"Genji Monogatari" focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Genji Hakaru. Lady Fujitsubo is Genji's first love. Ryokuzono Miyasutokoro is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Yu Kao, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genji's emotional wounds. Writer Murasaki Shikibu is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Seime Abe to write a work ...

24-year-old OL Chie Ikeshita's (Yuriko Yoshitaka) motto is to try various things to enjoy life. Chie spends her time accordingly to her motto. Chie Ikeshita then starts to date 5 different men and adjusts herself to the different situations. Up to this point, Chie never thought about marriage. She changes her thought after her friend Toshiko Hamaguchi (Anne Watanabe) gets married. Chie takes the advise of Toshiko and decides to marry one of the 5 men. She must now whittle down her choice to one man.

Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.

Japanese history explodes across the screen in the life story of Hitokiri Nakamura Hanjiro, one of the great heroes of the Meiji Restoration. From his earliest beginnings as a country samurai raising sweet potatoes whose exceptional sword skills impressed Saigo...

Hayato, a boy in the 6th grade, hides the secret that he can't swim. Every summer, he pretends to be sick, so he could avoid school swimming tournaments. But, as it is the last year in the elementary school, he can't escape from swimming practice and is forced to participate.

250 лет тому назад. Соэцу, мелкий ростовщик, убит жестоким самураем Синдзаэмоном, и его тело было сброшено в Касанэ-га-фути — омут извилистой реки, где, согласно легенде, тот, кто упадет в воду, никогда снова не всплывет на поверхность. 20 лет спустя Синкити, красавец-сын Синдзаемона, случайно знакомится с Тоёсигой, дочерью Соэцу, и они влюбляются друг в друга. Когда Тоёсига умирает от странной болезни, Синкити обнаруживает, что он не только не может избежать таинственных несчастий прошлого и неумирающей любви к нему Тоёсиги, но и вынужден посмотреть в лицо страшной правде, которую хранит Касанэ-га-фути.

Fictionalised account of the story of the he Chōshū Five (長州五傑 Chōshū Goketsu) who travelled to and studied in Britain in 1863 while Japan was still under sakoku (鎖国 "locked country").

Начало двадцатого века. У Киёaки, молодого человека из аристократической семьи, есть все, что можно пожелать, но ему хочется чего-то большего. Слишком поздно он понимает, что то, чего он хотел, было совсем рядом.

Biopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.

Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).

Japan and Iran are not in close relationship. More than 4 centuries ago, however, Persian carpets were used in the festival of Takayama, a historic city in mountainous area of Honsyu. A man planned to resume the carpet in the festival, and asked Kinue, a Persian carpet designer, to design it. Kinue's husband, Makoto, is a carpet importer. They send the design to Iran to weave the carpet. But just before Makoto goes to Iran to receive the carpet, Kinue dies of a traffic accident. A month before the festival, Makoto went to Isphahan, Iran, to receive the carpet. He brings his daughter Sakura, who does not open her heart after she lost her mother. To surprise, the carpet production has not even started. It will take 3 months from the start. For Makoto it means he betrays not only the festival planners but also his late wife.

Elementary schoolgirls find a puppy and decide to take care of it. Learning and giving lessons in supportive-ness, loyalty, and friendship.

In this sweeping swordplay saga from Korea, a dedicated band of warriors from the Baekje Dynasty travel to Japan in hopes of mending the broken Heaven's Sword and restoring Baekje to its former glory. 30 years later, the only surviving warrior Woo-do vows to complete the task by seeking out Kanemaru, the master of swords, and bring the Heaven's Sword back to life. SAULABI is a spectacular Samurai epic with action choreographed by longtime Akira Kurosawa collaborator Eizi Takakura (Samurai Fiction).

Biographical story, based on life of Ino Tadataka, a Japanese measurer and cartographer. Ino Tadataka travelled the length and breadth of Japan on foot for 17 years from the age of 55 to perform his surveys. The accuracy of his maps also owed much to the fact that he was the first surveyor in Japan to combine measurements on the ground with observations of the heavens. Ino started the work as a private individual but earned the confidence of the Shogunate and it eventually turned into a national project. His maps were later used for many years as the foundation for maps made by modern survey techniques.

Sleeping Bride is the story of a girl, Yumi, who since birth, has never been awake. A boy called Yuuichi finds the girl in the hospital while he is a patient there. A nurse remarks that the girl is 'Sleeping Beauty', and Yuuichi believes that a kiss from a prince will wake her, just like the story. Yuuichi returns to see Yumi every day, says 'Wake up, I'm the prince' and kisses her. Ten years later he restarts his daily ritual to see Yumi, one day she wakes up.

A retired warrior comes to see his former lord and learns that someone is making indestructible swords from some unknown metal. He is sent together with a swordsman to investigate the source. Along the way they meet a young girl working as a beekeeper. She is later witness to the appearance of three strange females from another dimension. They are searching for a lost weapon that has landed on earth and as one of them lay dying she enlists the girl to help them control the strange beast/weapon. Meanwhile the warrior and the swordsman learn that an old nemesis has created the swords from the shell that surrounded the alien weapon. Soon the alien beast/weapon is awakened and battle for control ensues.

Toki o Kakeru Shōjo set in 1965.

В апреле 1895 года молодой талантливый Рэнтаро Таки приезжает в Токио, чтобы поступить в Национальную Академию музыки. Его мечта – стать пианистом. Он усиленно занимается, но заболевает туберкулёзом и для лечения отправляется домой на Кюсю. Когда он опять возвращается в столицу, то переломным моментом для него становится выступление Кода Нобу, чей концерт он посетил. Пораженный её исполнением, Рэнтаро пишет ряд произведений для ансамбля, организованного его сокурсницей. Все его друзья понимают, что Рэнтаро обладает серьёзным талантом…

Немного наивная, романтическая сказка о женщине, неожиданно вошедшей в жизнь самурая, и исчезнувшей так же внезапно. Неторопливое действие сопровождается удивительной музыкой, которая становится частью сюжета. Фильм по одноименной новелле Сюгоро Ямамото был снят для телевидения.

Фильм посвящён жизненному пути одного из известных японских просветителей Японии 19 века — Фукудзава Юкити. Выходец из самурайской семьи, рано осознавший несправедливость феодальной системы, отправляется в Америку изучать английский язык. По возвращении он начинает преподавать язык в школе самурайского клана, которому он принадлежал. Главы клана, обеспокоенные распространению западных идей, закрывают школу, и Фукудзава Юкити открывает новую школу Кэйо, будущий университет Кэйо. Все свои силы он вкладывает в просветительскую деятельность за проведение в Японии реформ по западному образцу и созданию Новой Японии.

From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of swords. But behind the match a bloodthirsty plot is born. Tokugawa Yorinobu, a corrupt shogunate official plans to assassinate Shogun Iemitsu and take his place. With scheming samurai Yui Shosetsu and ruthless Negoro ninja leader Genyusai, he plans to incite a ronin uprising and cut a bloody trail across Japan, with terrifying Chinese gunboats to back his play. Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, councilor and friend to the shogun, along with master swordsman Yagyu Jubei and ninja master Hanzo Hattori must stop Yui Shosetsu and his army of ronin and ninja assassins from tearing the country in half and taking over the government!

In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged to the armed police of the shogunate in Kyoto. Very few knew that Souji was not a boy, but a woman. Souji loved the vice-leader of the armed police, Toshizou Hijikata. Souji suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis and coughed up blood during a battle. Toshizou helped her but said that he did not care for the girl with a smell of blood. Souji had a real talent for swordsmanship and no one but Ryouma Sakamoto could compete with her. Ryouma was a liberal intellectual and tried to carry out a revolution without blood. However, the bloody Meiji Restoration broke out and Souji killed Ryouma who lost his dream. Because a friendship had sprung up between Toshizou and Ryouma, Toshizou got angry and slashed at Souji with a sword. Unwillingly, she unsheathed her sword and thought that she might get love if she was killed by the man she loved.

По роману Ясуо Утида. Детективная история начинается в Токио с убийства торгового агента фирмы по производству костюмов для театра Но. Мицухико Асами волей судьбы попадает в круговорот загадочных событий.

Во времена кровожадного средневековья Японию раздирали феодальные войны. Величайшее в истории сражение развязали враждующие правители соседних провинций. Мудрому и благородному Кагэторе объявил войну честолюбивый Такэда, мечтающий завоевать всю Японию.

Kaoruko, the daughter of a doctor and attending a prestigious high school in Fukuoka, was vaguely anxious about the future. She's even more scared when her friend Natsumi invites her to membership-based prostitution club.

The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher Hirao becomes involved with Yasuko, sister to Sumio.

A young girl gets adopted by a family that holds her like a slave and is later freed by a young man working for the family's company. 10 years later, she gets involved in the murder of one of her step-sisters.

~~ Adapted from the novel series "Murasaki no Onna Satsujin Jiken" (『紫の女』殺人事件) by Uchida Yasuo (内田康夫).

~~ Adapted from the novel series "Karuizawa Satsujin Jiken" (軽井沢殺人事件) by Uchida Yasuo (内田康夫)